Crawford hopes to begin facing live pitching within the next couple of days and told reporters on Tuesday afternoon in camp that he is “confident” he will be ready for the beginning of the 2013 regular season.

Crawford has batted just .260/.292/.419 with 14 home runs, 23 stolen bases and 75 RBI in 664 plate appearances since signing a seven-year, $142 million free agent contract with the Red Sox before the start of the 2011 campaign. The 31-year-old outfielder was traded to Los Angeles last summer.

Hey guys let’s not forget this also gave us a reason to get rid of JAMES LONEY which was an upgrade by having him leave! Anything gonzo has done is more than loney. With crawford all we can do is hope! But to me he is what we have to pay for in order to get gonzo and beckett. I’m Ok with that.

he is by far the LEAST valuable player in all of professional sports. He makes 20million a year to literally be good for nothing. Trout is the MOST valuable athlete in professional sports. He makes 900k to be arguably the leagues MVP

Pretty sure that Carl will bounce back in LA. Who really wants to play in a racist city like Boston? Carl will be out there opening day producing infront of a multi-cultural fan base and will be welcomed.

I agree he’s not worth $20 million. So did my Rays. It’s not his fault the Red Sox went nuts and grossly overpaid him based on a career year. However, a 105 OPS+ still makes him better than average and thus does not even “kinda suck.” Now, it’s quite possible his new reality will not be as an above average player due to his injuries the past couple years, but that remains to be seen.

tfbuckfutter - Feb 12, 2013 at 11:40 PM

105+ isn’t particularly above average.

In fact, it’s probably well within the bell curve of “average”.

For comparison, Shannon Stewart’s career OPS+ is 106 and I don’t ever remember people clamoring to sign him.

And you’re right, it’s not his fault the Theo (and the entire market) overvalued him….it IS his fault he was completely useless even before he started falling apart. 85+ his first year. Pathetic.

drelms - Feb 13, 2013 at 12:57 AM

Hey losanginblind, if Boston is so racist how do you explain the love they have for the Celtics, almost no white player ever on the court yet the City and many other fans love them. Let’s face it my man Carl is a good player when healthy but for some reason his hurting ass always gets paid well.

Too bad Red Sox have to over pay players to go there. It’s not Carls fault they offered him 20 mill a year. To the Dodgers new owners it’s a non issue. I’ve been to Boston and the only black people there are on the Celtics. Carl and Gonzo were never happy playing there. They will produce for LA. Boston fans have bigger problems than players that are no longer on the team. Right now it looks like they are looking up at NY, O’s , and the Jay’s for a few years..Sox fans easily forget how much they had to pay and beg an injured Big Poppi to come back? Money is no issue for LA.